I have a confession to make. I've been suffering from a chronic case of blog paralysis. When I first started blogging back around 2005, I was doing it as a way to keep friends and family up to date on what my son and I were up to while we were living in England. That... Continue Reading →
Two of my favorite things are travel and stories. The wonderful thing about both is they can take place anywhere, any time, and be either infinitesimally short or lifetimes long. Travel in and of itself is a story waiting to be told. For me, travel takes place not only physically but mentally and spiritually as well.... Continue Reading →
My grandpa always said when an opportunity to take a class arises, take it. It's always good to learn new things and you never know what doors it might open. In that spirit, I'm currently taking the WordPress Blogging 101 class. While I've been blogging in one form or another for about a decade, there's... Continue Reading →
I'm writing this post as an entry in the "Overcoming Writer's Doubt" contest at Positive Writer. There's this horrible voice inside most writers' heads that says something along the lines of, "Who do you think you are?" and "Why the hell would anyone want to hear anything you've got to say?" That is the ugly,... Continue Reading →
Holly Layman: Writer and Editor 